1001 PM CDT TUE AUG 23 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…SOUTHWESTERN SHELBY COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN IOWA…SOUTHEASTERN HARRISON COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN IOWA…NORTHWESTERN MILLS COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN IOWA…POTTAWATTAMIE COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN IOWA…EASTERN DOUGLAS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA…SOUTHEASTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA…NORTHERN SARPY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA…

* UNTIL 1030 PM CDT

* AT 1001 PM CDT…SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINEEXTENDING FROM 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PERSIA TO NEAR SPRINGFIELD…MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

HAZARD…60 MPH WIND GUSTS.

SOURCE…RADAR INDICATED.

IMPACT…EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS…SIDING…AND TREES.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…OMAHA…COUNCIL BLUFFS…BELLEVUE…PAPILLION…LA VISTA…RALSTON…GRETNA…SPRINGFIELD…AVOCA…TREYNOR… UNDERWOOD..SHELBY…MINDEN…MILLARD…OFFUTT AFB…CARTER LAKE…NEOLA..BOYS TOWN…CRESCENT AND SILVER CITY.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS…

HIGHWAY 59 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 61 AND 64.

HIGHWAY 75 IN NEBRASKA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 79 AND 99.

INTERSTATE 29 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 39 AND 72.

INTERSTATE 80 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 34.

INTERSTATE 80 IN NEBRASKA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 432 AND 454.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A BUILDING.